Chem-Trend Release Agents Help to Produce the Best Tires on and off the Road

Ensuring the tire curing bladder locates centrally within the uncured (green) tire during the critical shaping process at the beginning of the cure cycle, to ensure good tire uniformity.

Evacuating any air that becomes trapped between the tire inner liner and the bladder during the shaping process to eliminate the risk of trapped-air defects.

Optimizing air-bleed between the outside of the tire and the mold to ensure optimum rubber flow, which ensures sharp sidewall lettering and clean edges to tread blocks to provide optimum tire appearance and reduce “lightness” defects.

Releasing tires that have complicated tread patterns and sticky tread compounds, such as the new generation of winter tires.

As the leading supplier of release agents to the global tire industry Chem-Trend understands these challenges and is constantly working to develop innovative solutions to help our customers efficiently produce high quality tires. We have a team of chemists working in a dedicated and specifically equipped laboratory to create solutions to these challenges. Dedicated direct sales teams located around the world interface with our customer base. Several members of these teams have previously worked in tire manufacturing, which means there is a global pool of application knowledge for our customers and our development chemists to tap into. In some regions, highly qualified agents and distributors support the regional team of direct sales people to ensure that we can provide the tire industry with legendary customer service around the world and around the clock.

Chem-Trend provides the tire industry with the most extensive range of release agents available for the curing/vulcanization process available. We often work in partnership with customers to develop an optimized product for their particular tire manufacturing process. If you do not see a solution that meets your particular needs mentioned below then please contact us so we may review your requirements together and work to identify a solution. Chem-Trend is your partner in the curing of high quality tires.

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Common Questions:

How can I increase bladder life?

The life of tire curing bladders can be increased through the application of a curing bladder treatment, which helps to protect the bladder against chemical and abrasion attack throughout its service life. This type of attack is prevalent at the surface of the curing bladders that contacts with the beads of the tires being cured. Coatings can significantly help increase average bladder life. The choice of inside tire paint can also have a positive impact on the service life of curing bladders.

Common Questions:

How do I apply product to a green tire?

Most products for the tire industry are developed for application to green tires using any of the following systems; spray gun, either automated, e.g. Ilmberger or Plummer units etc., or hand-held spray guns; paint brush; sponge or swab. The actual application technique(s) chosen by any given tire plant depends primarily on the equipment available and the logistics of the particular plant. Experienced release agent suppliers should be able to provide recommendations to improve and optimize application techniques where desired.